Improvements in automotive navigation systems

A method for providing route information to a driver, through a satellite navigation system, in order to find the driver a suitable parking location near to their destination. The method comprises determining a destination based on driver input; planning a route from a current location to the destination; identifying a plurality of parking candidates in the vicinity of the destination; selecting one of the candidates based on a set of attribute data items associated with each of the candidates, such as vacancy probability, weather conditions, traffic congestion and driver preferences including previous use of candidate locations by one or more drivers who use the system; and setting the selected candidate as the new route destination. The invention is therefore adaptive to the selected route of the navigation system to locate the most suitable parking location for the driver before the destination is reached based on a set of attributes associated with the parking location.